''Imara analibiae'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the

Castniidae Castniidae, or castniid moths, is a small family of moths with fewer than 200 species: The majority are Neotropical with some in Australia and a few in south-east Asia. These are medium-sized to very large moths, usually with drab, cryptically-ma ...

family. It is found in the forest of the Estación Biológica La Selva, near Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province in

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

. The habitat consists of a mosaic of mature lowland forest, secondary growth forest of various ages and abandoned pastures. The length of the forewings is about 45 mm for males and 59 mm for females.

References

* , 2005: Description of a new species of Imara Houlbert, 1918 (Lepidoptera: Castniidae), ''Zootaxa'' 849: 1–8 Moths described in 2005 Castniidae {{Castniidae-stub